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About the Authors

Julia Burdge received her Ph.D. (1994) from the

University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Her research and dissertation focused on instrument development for analysis of
trace sulfur compounds in air and the statistical evaluation of
data near the detection limit.

In 1994 she accepted a position at The University of Akron
in Akron, Ohio, as an assistant professor and director of
the Introductory Chemistry program. In the year 2000, she
was tenured and promoted to associate professor at The
University of Akron on the merits of her teaching, service,
and research in chemistry education. In addition to directing
the general chemistry program and supervising the teaching activities of graduate students, she helped establish a
future-faculty development program and served as a mentor
for graduate students and post-doctoral associates. Julia has
recently relocated back to the northwest to be near family.
She lives in Boise, Idaho; and she holds an affiliate faculty
position as associate professor in the Chemistry Department
at the University of Idaho.
In her free time, Julia enjoys horseback riding with her daughter, fun Facebook conversations with her youngest son, and
quiet time at home with Erik Nelson, her partner and best
friend.

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Jason Overby received his B.S. degree in chemistry

and political science from the University of Tennessee at
Martin. He then received his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry
from Vanderbilt University (1997) studying main group
and transition metal metallocenes and related compounds.
Afterwards, Jason conducted postdoctoral research in
transition metal organometallic chemistry at Dartmouth
College.
Jason began his academic career at the College of
Charleston in 1999 as an assistant professor. Currently, he
is an associate professor with teaching interests in general
and inorganic chemistry. He is also interested in the integration of technology into the classroom, with a particular
focus on adaptive learning. Additionally, he conducts
research with undergraduates in inorganic and organic
synthetic chemistry as well as computational organometallic chemistry.
In his free time, he enjoys boating, exercising, and cooking.
He is also involved with USA Swimming as a certified strokeand-turn official. He lives in South Carolina with his wife
Robin and two daughters, Emma and Sarah.

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